The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-07-21
HAPPY PHYSICAL CONDITIONS. ::
tshsironmentz which Tend to Develop
5tself Indf1lranna and InflnIanna:

EhsIrohmentz which. Tend to Develop
!. Self Indulgence and Indolenoe.
. I'VE have. but to pass toF~1iufd Semi.
tropical territsfS to see how laxity of
government and public apathy in refer
ence to It increase as the equator is grad
.ually samlbached, Italy; although the
headquarters Of the Oldest and MOST pow,
erf,il religious organization in Christen.,
dom, :was long tha,scene of political tur-
mol and brigandage, and even now She
is crushed 81 4 load of public debt far
beyond her ability to. bear. ter edu''
Gated tlassss are republican aha there can
bs fi5 stability ip q throne hQneycombed
by the social and political doctrines which
Manin, Mazzini and Garibaldi have left
behind them, But whether a republic,
swheherer it comes to BIZ established ID
the dominiohs of King Hambert, will
ultimately prove panacea for the pohh.
cal unrest of his mercurial subjects, es-'
pecially in Southern Italy, is more than
doubtful. Spain, another Celtic country,
dying stiH further south, affords an In.
istance yet more pronounced of the infiu-.
ence Of climate in producing chronic
political disquiet. There Is traditional
legend existing In the 1beriah. peninsula
Of d furnief generation of Spaniards who
a memorial to their patron
EEa iSan Diego, asking himsto bestow
ESa lip them rich soil asfneclimate, beau
ssaf ssasifut women andsgoodg government.
The first three requests the saint was
willing -togrant, But in reference to the
last he replied that in soliciting good gov!
eminent they asked for: what was incom::
patible with thes other three favufs, and
that II they would have rich soil, fine
climate and beautiful women, he was un-
able to concede the fourth request. Here
we have philosophy strikingly taught in
fable. The three boons conferred by the
saint naturally tended to develop self in
diligence and indolence-a state of things
which would make the people an easy
prey to the designs Of greedy statecraft.
How truly the legendary utterances of
San Diego have been verified in the his
tery of Spain is known to every one ac.
quainted with Spanish history. In the
sunny CLINE stretching along the Medi-
terranean coast from Barcelona to Cadiz,
the poor can live on trif1e. Their
clothing is light and cheap; their open
air existence requires but little shelter,
and meal or two per day Of grapes,
bananas, rice and common vegetables,
with a small portion of inexpensive
claret, with which the country abounds,
amply satisfies their wants. The wealthy
and more intelligent classes as rule,
luxuriating amidst the happy physical
conditions by which they are surrounded,
have no motive to trouble themselves
about politics so long as the taxes d..
manded by the government are not op:
pressive.
The result is that political parties are
masters of the situation, and are allowed
to fight each other and rob the treasury
in succession, sTithout seriously calling
forth any such Widespread and organized
public indignahmsas would be aroused
against malad Misration if it should
occur under similar provocation ineeoun-
tries whose skies are less propitious, and
whose soil vii. only yield crops of severe
labor. The average Spaniard has no
greater ambition than to follow his call
ing in peace; ,and looks,ipon all parties
in the cortes as alike o. set of knayes
whom be is forced to subsidize by pay
ment of heavy taxes in order to satisfy
their cupidity. In that country extern
sive Liberatand Tory organizations as in
Britain, or Progressists or Socialists as in
Germany, or Republicans, and Demo
Gratis as in tie VmRdSAtes, are un-
known. AccordinaY corrupt govern.
ments have, contracted enormous public
debts, which their equally corrupt sue:
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